Leimer reasserts his championship bid as co-driver Piguet takes the chequered flag

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1 Leimer reasserts his championship bid as co-driver Piguet takes the chequered flag Sunday 23 September 2012 Nürburgring, Germany. The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo is at the Nürburgring this weekend for rounds nine and ten of the 2012 European series. Race 1 was won by Dimitri Enjalbert & Bernard Delhez, while Saturday also marked a Lamborghini victory in the GT1 category for the Peter Kox/Stefan Rosina partnership in a Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP Peter Kox/Marc A. Hayek also claimed pole in the Blancpain Reiter Lamborghini in the Blancpain Endurance Series. When the track activity had concluded yesterday, MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi took to the Nordschleife in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP Superleggera. After 21kms of one of the world s most challenging circuits, he professed that the 325 km/h Superleggera was superb and that he d had a brilliant experience driving an amazing car on an amazing track. Beyond the festival of racing at the Nürburgring, in the Italian GT Championship at Mugello, the Imperiale Lamborghini of Davide Stancheris took pole in the GT Cup. Race 2, Sunday With the race intensifying at the top of both the Amateur and PRO-AM tables, race 10 was to strike a decisive blow when Bernard Delhez (Dimitri Enjalbert), one of the key challengers in the PRO-AM title race and Roberto Tanca (who is partnering the leading Amateur driver, Leonardo Geraci) tangled on the approach to the notorious Nürburgring turn one, taking both cars out and sending out the safety car for the first two laps of the race. Yesterday s pole man, Adrian Zaugg emerged from the turn 1 incident in the lead, with the everpresent Cédric Leimer 1.2s behind. In a distant ninth place was Andrea Amici, who had dropped down the field avoiding the crash on the opening lap. On lap 3, the safety car returned to the pitlane and the South African quickly pulled away from the other drivers. Five laps into the race Zaugg was leading Cédric Leimer by 1.2 seconds. Moments later, Automobili Lamborghini Racing Team UK driver Duncan Cameron crashed and was fortunate to avoid oncoming traffic as car #4 spun across the track before the British driver exited the retired car unharmed. The pit window opened on lap 8 and it was Leimer who decided to come in early. Amici, still trying to make up some of the ground he lost, set a fastest lap that stood unchallenged to the flag, and he hauled himself back up into seventh place. Zaugg pitted from the lead after nine laps and a large group of cars, including Amici and Piancastelli, came in lap later. Amici pulled out in front of Piancastelli and rejoined in third, behind race leader Zaugg and second placed Julien Piguet who had taken over driving duties from his Autovitesse team-mate, Cédric Leimer. For the next four laps, a dramatic battle unfolded for the lead between Zaugg and Piguet. The South African was unable to shake Piguet off and after 12 laps, the gap between the two drivers had been reduced to just two tenths of a second. But as the leading pair fought, Andrea Amici kept putting in fast laps and he rapidly closed in on the two leaders. The fight for the lead intensified and became a three-way fight with Amici, but Piguet seemed unable to pass Zaugg, despite taking a look twice into turn 1. Going into lap 17, with time inching away Zaugg and Piguet went into the first corner side-by-side, but it wasn t until turn 3 that Piguet managed to definitively claim the lead. Amici immediately made an attempt at a follow-through move, but Zaugg blocked his attack and kept the Italian behind him. Finally ahead of Zaugg, Piguet began to pull away, leaving the South African to defend P2 from Amici behind him. In the end, Piguet cruised to a unchallenged victory and Zaugg held Autocarrozzeria s Amici at bay in third place. Louis Wager, driving for the Lamborghini Dealer Team Germany was the first amateur home in only his second Super Trofeo race meeting, and Jens Dralle brought the #1 VIP car home in P10.

2 1 st, Julien Piguet (Cédric Leimer), #63, Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter It was a very exciting race and Cédric completed a very strong first stint, of course it was important to avoid all the problems in the first corner. We concentrated on making sure we completed a good pit stop after the problems we had yesterday, which we managed to do. I started my stint on open track, then after two laps, Zaugg rejoined after his stop. I was quicker than him, but I didn t want to take too many risks to overtake him. Eventually I choose my place to get past, at the slow corner, turn 4, and once I was past, I led the race home to the flag. 2 nd Adrian Zaugg, #3, Bonaldi Motorsport Yes, my initial pace was not so bad, but after the pit window, it seemed as if the Leimer/Piguet car had better traction, particularly in the first and last sectors, so we perhaps got as much as we could from today. I m happy with two podiums, I m happy for the team and thanks to them. 3 rd Andrea Amici, #54, Autocarrozzeria Imperiale S.R.L. It was a good race, I started well and was up to second, but I had to take avoiding action when the crash happened at turn one. I dropped to ninth, but I gained places once the safety car has gone in and through the pit stops, I was up to third and had recorded the fastest lap time. But in the closing stages, I couldn t find more performance as I was suffering from oversteer as the tyres were going off. So although the championship situation is difficult, I will be pushing in Navarra for race wins. Notes to editors: The 2012 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo season began in April, featuring the Lamborghini Super Trofeo: a lightweight version of the Gallardo LP The Super Trofeo has a reworked chassis and a power output of 419 kw (570 hp) from its V10, Iniezione Diretta Stratificata engine. The race car features Lamborghini s permanent four-wheel drive, making the Super Trofeo the only single make, all-wheel drive motorsport series. Lamborghini is partnered by the luxury Swiss watchmaker Blancpain, the series title sponsor, creating a perfect partnership between two prestigious and highly-innovative brands. One of the world s largest tyre manufacturers and sole OEM supplier to Automobili Lamborghini, Pirelli partners the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series. With a successful motorsport heritage across rally, sports cars and Formula One, Pirelli will be the strategic partner of the series for the fourth season in succession. With a history built on high performance tyres, Pirelli is a world leader in both original equipment and the aftermarket, with 24 factories in 12 countries around the world. The one-make racing series visits circuits across Europe, as drivers compete at the wheel of 570hp V10 Lamborghini Super Trofeo race cars. Lamborghini and Blancpain have also announced the launch of a new series in Asia for The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo made its debut in Sepang, Malaysia, on May 2012 and following the second round at Fuji on July 2012, continues with races in China. The 2012 series is being shown on major broadcaster, Eurosport. This agreement allows the series to reach all 59 countries, including Italy, covered by Eurosport, with its reach of 129 million households. The Eurosport coverage includes a oneminute teaser shown on the Sunday of each race weekend on "Motorsport Weekend" magazine, followed by a 26-minute summary, highlights and interviews aired on the following Tuesday evening. A 1 minute highlights edit of the races at the Nürburgring will be broadcast September 25 th on Eurosport, while the 26 minute highlights will be shown on September 25th at CET on Eurosport (repeated the following day at 0800hrs CET on Eurosport 2) Calendar The European calendar forms part of the Blancpain Endurance Series: April Monza (ITA) 2-3 June Silverstone (GBR) 30 June 01 July HTTT Paul Ricard (FRA) July Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) September Nürburgring (DEU) October Navarra (ESP) Visit the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo website: (see events) Follow us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter with live race For high-resolution images and further media enquiries please contact the media team on media@supertrofeo.com

3 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Results Race 2 Nurburgring FIA, Length: 5148 m Air temperature: 10.7 C Track temperature: 13.6 C Weather condition: Dry Provisional Sunday :45 started : 20 classified : 16 not classified : 4 Drivers Team Car Laps Total Time Gap Kph Lap Time Kph 1 63 C.Leimer/J.Piguet Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,8 10 2: ,4 2 3 A.Zaugg Bonaldi Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,7 7 2: , A.Amici Autocarrozzeria Imperiale S.R.L Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,7 8 2: , N.Piancastelli/D.Durante Autocarrozzeria Imperiale S.R.L Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,8 12 2: ,6 5 2 L.Wagner(AM) Lamborghini Dehler Team Germany Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,3 9 2: , J.Lhoste(AM)/P.Barou(AM) Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,3 9 2: , P.Charouz(AM)/A.Varvaroussis(AM) Heico-Gravity-Charouz-Team(CZE) Lamborghini Gallardo LP : ,2 12 2: , J.Knoll(AM) Heico-Gravity-Charouz-Team(CZE) Lamborghini Gallardo LP : : ,9 17 2: ,7 9 5 E.Stueckle Lamborghini Dehler Team Germany Lamborghini Gallardo LP : : ,3 8 2: , J.Dralle/M.Fasanetto Automobili Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo LP : : ,2 10 2: , L.Jenny(AM)/H.Leimer(AM) Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAP 128,8 9 2: , L.Gorini/R.Charawi Bonaldi Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAP 125,6 11 2: , M.Zucchi/A.Cola Autocarrozzeria Imperiale S.R.L Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAP 125,2 5 2: , J.Urban(AM)/M.Urban(AM) Heico-Gravity-Charouz-Team(CZE) Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAP 124,9 8 2: , J.Perina(AM) Heico-Gravity-Charouz-Team(CZE) Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAP 124,4 17 2: , A.Barcak(AM)/R.Hordossy(AM) Heico-Gravity-Charouz-Team(CZE) Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAPS 118,6 16 2: ,7 not classified 4 M.Edmonds(AM)/C.Duncan Automobili Lamborghini Racing TeamLamborghini Gallardo LP : LAPS 106,5 5 2: ,5 11 A.Mame(AM)/M.Zanardini(AM) Bonaldi Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAPS 67,0 2 6: ,4 69 B.Delhez(AM)/D.Enjalbert Touring Auto 2000 SRL Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAPS 72 R.Tanca(AM)/L.Geraci(AM) Autocarrozzeria Imperiale S.R.L Lamborghini Gallardo LP : LAPS Fastest lap of the race. Car 54 driver Amici on lap 8. Time 2:03.930, average speed 149,5 km/h. Subject to final scrutineering! Publications Time: Race Director: Time Keeping: BLANCPAIN Timing ver: 1.0 Page 1/ 1 printed: :47

4 PRO-AM Drivers Classification Classifica piloti PRO-AM Monza Silverstone P.Ricard SPA Nurburgring Navarra Rank Name, Nation Total Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 1 Cedric Leimer, CHE Dimitri Enjalbert, FRA Bernard Delhez, BEL Andrea Amici, ITA Matteo Zucchi, ITA Alberto Cola, ITA Adrian Zaugg, CHE Nicolo' Piancastelli, ITA Stefano Comini, CHE Julien Piguet, FRA Gianluca Carboni, ITA Baran Zdenko, SVK Davide Durante, ITA Mike Edmonds, UK Roberto Seveso, ITA Piergiorgio Capra, ITA Lee Cunningham, UK Erwin Stueckle, DEU Davide Stancheris, ITA Nima Khandan-Na, UK Jan Stovicek, CZE Cameron Duncan, UK Eugenio Amos, ITA

5 AM Drivers Classification Classifica piloti AM Monza Silverstone P.Ricard SPA Nurburgring Navarra Rank Name, Nation Total Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 1 Leonardo Geraci, ITA Roberto Tanca, ITA Aristotelis Varvaroussis, GRE Petr Charouz, CZE Laurent Jenny, CHE Mirko Zanardini, ITA Andrea Mame', ITA Herve Leimer, CHE Jan Urban, CZE Jakub Knoll, CZE Jerome Lhoste, FRA Philippe Barou, FRA Milan Urban, CZE Louis Wagner, DEU Andrej Barcak, CZE Richard Chlad jr., CZE Patrik Hes, CZE Oliver Mayer, DEU Siegfried Venema, DEU Andreas Segler, DEU Leonardo Gorini, ITA Raed Cherawi, EGY Henry Fletcher, UK Jake Ratterbury, UK Josef Zaruba, CZE Bronislav Formanek, CZE

6 18 Robert Hordossy, CZE Baran Zdenko, SVK Jiri Perina, CZE Michel Mhitarian, FRA Patrick Louis, CZE Tomas Kral, CZE Piergiorgio Capra, ITA Vittorio Zoboli, ITA Davide Durante, ITA

7 PRO-AM Teams Classification Classifica Team PRO-AM Monza Silverstone P.Ricard SPA Nurburgring Navarra Rank Team Total Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 1 AutoVitesse Garage R. Affolter Autocarrozzeria Imperiale SRL Touring Auto 2000 SRL Bonaldi Motorsport Automobili Lamborghini UK Gohm Motorsport Heico-Gravity-Charouz Team G2 Racing

8 AM Teams Classification Classifica Team AM Monza Silverstone P.Ricard SPA Nurburgring Navarra Rank Team Total Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 Race1 Race2 1 Autocarrozzeria Imperiale SRL Heico-Gravity-Charouz Team AutoVitesse Garage R. Affolter Bonaldi Motorsport G2 Racing Gohm Motorsport Automobili Lamborghini UK Touring Auto 2000 SRL